Exceptional Edward IV Angel

CNG 87, Lot: 2096. Estimate $5000. Sold for $14000. This amount does not include the buyer’s fee.

YORK (Restored). Edward IV. Second reign, 1471-1483. AV Angel (27mm, 5.11 g, 9h). Type V. Tower mint; mm: heraldic cinquefoil. Struck late 1475-1483. ЄDWΛRD DЄI GRA RЄX ΛnGL (retrograde Z) FRΛnC, Archangel Michael slaying the Dragon; single saltire stops; double saltire stops after DЄI and FRΛnC; nothing in nimbus / PЄR C RVCЄm TVΛ’ SΛLVΛ nOS XPC’ RЄDЄmPT’, ship with bearing shield and cross, Є and rose flanking cross; single saltire stops after CRVCЄm, SΛLVΛ and XPC’; double saltire stop after RЄDЄmPT’. Webb Ware -; Blunt & Whitton type XXI; cf. Schneider 467-8; North 1626; SCBC 2091. EF. Includes old Seaby inventory ticket.